klassy pt. 2

Sometimes, mothers keep used Kleenex in their pockets. And sometimes, mothers use their spit to clean the faces of their children.

And sometimes, mothers put their spit on a tiny, clean corner of a used Kleenex from their pockets to clean the faces of their children.

And the wails of disgusted protest that the children emit secretly give us pleasure because, “Haha, twerp, that’s why you should wipe your face when I tell you to. Now you have slobber and possibly boogers on your face.”